bush he doesn't like us talking about him in almost any case. still, the test of the team has been the economy. the state of the union address, all of a sudden we were going to shift to the economy and that's happened like six times. now we're going to shift to the economy, now we're going to shift. chris: he keeps getting off his point. >> arizona, the mosque, the middle east. all these things have gotten in the way of a disciplined message. it's not been a disciplined communication. >> yeah, but you can't be president of the united states and not respond if a well explodes in the gulf of mexico? he certainly didn't want to do that but he had no choice. chris: you were a peechwriter for the president, for the first george w. bush. let's get to the question earlier, he is a great speechmaker and uses the teleprompter too much, i get the message, just listen. what is the problem with communication, can he ramp it up the next five weeks before the election with a hell-raising speech? >> as a former speechwriter, i love the teleprompter. but i woul